As of our latest issue, chances are you’ve noticed a name change for me (check the byline!). That’s right—your girl got hitched! And it’s only right that I introduce you to the masterminds behind my look for the day I’ve felt more bella than ever. My wedding day! The Ceremony (Hair & Makeup By Me!) My husband (still getting used to that) and I rented a lakehouse in Oxford, MI, a small city outside of Detroit where he’s from, and invited our immediate family members to witness our vow exchange in a private ceremony. The twist? We made the decision to get baptized in the lake just after we said our “I do’s.” So, I decided to keep my hair sleek and makeup plan simple, neutral, and waterproof when possible. My Essentials: The Brow Groomer Smashbox Brow Tech To Go in Brunette, $27, smashbox.com The Foundation Giorgio Armani Luminessence CC Cream in 7, $50, giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com The Concealer Bobbi Brown Face Touch Up Stick in Honey, $28, bobbibrowncosmetics.com The Mascara Benefit Cosmetics They’re Real! Beyond Mascara, $23, benefitcosmetics.com The Eyeliner Dior Crayon Eyeliner Waterproof in Trinidad Black, $29, sephora.com The Blush Revlon Cream Blush in Coral Reef, $3, at drugstores The read more

LIke a never-ending clown scarf, the details from the Kim Kardashian/Kanye West wedding keeps coming almost a week later. What we have for you this morning: The names of the exact hair and makeup products her glam team used on her on her big day. The fact that hairstylist Chris McMillan used Living Proof was basically a given—he's a partner in the company. But which specific products did he go for? He hashtagged a few specific products. For her ceremony look he used the Satin Hair Serum, which I'm personally a big fan of—makes your hair dry faster and tames flyaways. For the reception, look, he hashtagged #texture #flex, which translates into the following products: Living Proof Instant Texture Mist (coming out in September) and Living Proof Flex Shaping Hairspray. And this morning, her makeup artist, Mario Dedivanovic, spilled more about her makeup beyond the shading technique he used on her face. He gave the names of some of the makeup products he used—and they're surprisingly affordable for a girl who rented private jets to take her guests to another country for her ceremony. The details: On Kim's lips he used L'Oréal Paris Colour Riche Extraordinaire Lipstick in Nude Ballet, read more

And the details just keep comin'. Kim Kardashian's makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic sat down with Channel Nine's Mornings show in Australia to spill details about her wedding-day makeup. Watch: As we told you before, Kim's big open secret is sculpting via shading and contouring—a.k.a. using darling and lighter foundation and highlighter shades to exaggerate shadows and make the facial features seems more chiseled. In the clip, here's what he has to say about it: “Contouring frames the face and chisels the cheeks. So basically it's putting a little bit of bronzer on the hairline and jawline and on the hollows of the cheeks and the bridge of the nose. It thins out the face and gives warmth to the face." And it takes patience. He says, “Sometimes it takes 20 minutes, sometimes an hour. The most important is to blend, blend, blend.” Want to know more about Kim's blending secrets? Check out this old before/after she posted years ago and this clip of her contouring someone else's face during an interview. read more

I told you everything we knew over the weekend about how Kim Kardashian wore her hair and makeup to marry Kanye West in Italy, but we now know a little more thanks to Instagram photo-booth shots from the wedding guests as well as some blurry shots posted on Twitter by fans (check out this set for the best shots I've seen so far of her hair). Thank goodness for social media. UPDATE: Kim herself has posted official shots on Instagram. Behold: Here's a shot where you can see her ceremony hair and makeup: Her strong brow were on display (which makes sense because her brow lady Anastasia was there), and, as I predicted, her eyes were a touch smoky, her lips were nude, and her cheekbones were SCULPTED in all caps. As I told you earlier, Chris McMillan did her hair for the big day, and it was mostly down with a couple of pieces pinned back with a little height in the back to look romantic under her veil. And there was texture, but it wasn't full-on wavy. What I didn't call was that it was middle-parted—usually Chris goes to the side (I mean, when you have seen his read more

A few shots of what's rumored to be Kim Kardashian in her Givenchy gown at her wedding to Kanye West are hitting Twitter and Instagram, and although they're blurry, here's what they tell us about her hair and makeup: This shot is not of her on her wedding day—I repeat, this is an old picture. I chose it because it's close to what we're seeing in the photos. If you want to check out what she supposedly looked like in Italy today, you've got to click here and here's a shot of the back. Again, no confirmation that these shots are genuine, but they do look a lot like Kim. If they are, in fact, real, as I predicted, she went with a glowy, only slightly smoky look with a nude lip and her cheekbones on display (most likely all courtesy of Mario Dedivanovic). And her hair, reportedly styled by Chris McMillan was, as we also predicted if he was the one who ended up doing her hair, mostly down with a little texture—not quite wavy but not stick-straight either. It was pushed behind her shoulders and covered with a veil, with possibly a headband or a string of pearls read more

There are a lot of rumors to sort out about what will go down at the big Kim Kardashian-Kanye West wedding this weekend, but we do know a few things about the beauty looks we'll be seeing on the Kardashian-Jenner crew. Here's what we know: First, let's single out the bride herself. Kim. *Reportedly before she left Los Angeles for Paris she got a $500 stem-cell facial to get her skin glowing, so you can be sure her complexion is going to be on-point. As if there were any question. *Her makeup is going to be done by her longtime makeup artist, Mario Dedivanovic, and since he's a major fan of shading, so you can assume there will be face-sculpting GALORE. *On to hair. Although her longtime friend and hairstylist Jen Atkin is in Paris, my guess is that Kim's hair is going to be done by her recent fave Michael Silva, who did her hair for the Met Gala and the E! upfronts. Oh, and he just happens to be in Paris according to his Instagram account. Silva tends to focus on shine when it comes to Kim's hair, and we can assume there will not be one single read more

The holidays sort of threw me off my mission to find an updo for my friend Amy’s wedding in May. Now it’s time to get back to business. So far, I’ve been considering Brooke Burns’s loose side bun and Kate Beckinsale’s fancy ponytail. Today I’d like to throw Rosario Dawson’s cool coiled knot into the mix... read more

As I mentioned before, my best friend since I was 15, Amy, is getting married in May. And I guess I was having an all-about-me moment or two because while I’ve selfishly been focusing on finding myself a bridesmaid hairstyle for the occasion, it only just occurred to me last week to ask her if she needed any suggestions for her big day. (Sorry, Ames!) But now I am on a mission to fulfill her wish to find a makeup look that’s soft, subtle and, as she specifically requested, barely there. Take a look! read more

Over the past few years I have been to a truly insane amount of weddings—2008’s tally is currently at ten barring any quickie ceremonies that might happen in the coming months. And while good food and danceable music are my top two criterion for a fun wedding, the Indian ceremonies I have attended (four total, one of which was in India), always have one more factor that gets me excited. read more

At my friend Erica's wedding this weekend, I fell into a fit of giggles when I spotted her "something blue" (you know, as in "something old, something new, something borrowed..."). She didn't want to go for usual Smurf-colored underwear or garter. Instead she read more